Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-05-04

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prohibition made In q former num-
Der Of the same journal. We advise
All our readers % procure and read
Tint article. Lest some shall fail TO
doso, We reproduce some Of the pa
fagraphs that our friends may have
them to use IN their local and state
campaigns for prohibition:
Notwithstanding the wonderful
success Of the law from the day of
it, enactment. there were found
many persons then, as now, some Of
them respectable, who affirmed that
i was q failure, resulting, in fact, in
In = larger sale and consumption Of
Intoxicating liquors than before. A
prominent citizen Of Philadelphia
came to Portland in that year, ex-
pressly TO learn, upon the spot, what
the effect Of the law really had been.
In Philadelphia, he said, it was de-
c!ared to be a failure. On the journey
he stopped over night at Boston.
In the morning, at the hotel, a
young man was warmly denouncing
the Inv az 4 shame, declaring that
liquors were as freely sold IN Port
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land as in any other place in the
country. "A gentlemen standing by
said: Sir, live in Portland; / will
pay your expenses there and back
to Boston, and will give you five dol
lars for every glass of liquor you can
buy. From that day to this there
has, in some quarters, been contin-
uous denunciation of the Maine law
as . failure and a fraud, as being
founded on false principles, and as
being in violation Of the principles
Of civil government and Of personal
liberty.
"Main's share Of the national drink
bill would be now about thirteen
million dollars, but one million will
more than cover the cost of all the
liquor struggled into the state and
sold in violation Of law. We save
annually at least twelve million dol
lars, which, but for prohibition,
would be spent in drink, and fully
an eQuel sum by the prevention Of
Of the indirect loss and waste pro-
duccd by the liquor traffic wher-
ever it it is tolerated. The result OF
this is seen in great prosperity every
where in the state, and it is a per-
manent benefit to-day, not a decep-
ton and a sham. Mr.. Blaine. dur
ing the Garfield campaign. alta great
Republican meeting in City Hall,
Portland, said. Maine is the most
prosperous state in the Union Dur
ing the financial crisis beginning in
1873. Maine suffered far less from it
than any other state; indeed, it was
hardly felt at all here, because the
wages Of labor and the profits Of bus.
mess were not spent and wasted in
drink, as they always are and must
be in license states.
I'm 1SS4,after more than 80 years
experience nf the benefits Of prohi.
bition, the question Of CONSTITUTE.
onal amendment was submitted to
The people Of Maine. This PROPOSE.
ton received no countenance from
political bosses; party influences
were actively but silently exerted
against it. but notwithstanding that
opposition, it was adopted by a ma
jority Of Al ,075, the affirmative vote
being very nearly three times larger
than the negative vote. l am con-
fident that this result will be recei-
we'd by all unprejudiced persons rs
conclusive that prohibition in Maine
has been a great benefit, not an evil,
to the people. 1t is accepted by all
parties as the settled policy Of the
state.
"The Republican party Of Maine,
from its origin in 1856, has always
placed prohibition prominently in
it's platform. I have before me as /
write several Of its declarations, ad-
opted unanimously at its state con-
v~antions. ! give them here:
1879. We recognize temper
ance rs a cause which has
conferred the 81, atest benefits On
the state, and we sustain the princi-
pie Of prohibition, which in It's OPP
GRAFTON, has SO largely suppressed Ii
quor selling and added intellectually
70 the sum Of virtue and prosperity
among the people,
1880. Experience has demon
strated the wisdom Of the policy Of
prohibition as an auxiliary TO tenn
perance, and as contributing to the
material wealth, happiness, and
prosperity TO the state; and we refer
with confidence and pride TO an un.
deviatiug support Of the same As one
Of the cardinal principles Of the Re-
publican party Of Maine
1882. w refer with confidence
and pride to the general record Of